Luis de Requesens

Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga (1528-5 March 1576) was Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1573 until his death in 1576.

Biography
Requesens was born in Molins de Rei, just north of Barcelona in the Province of Catalonia, Spanish Empire (present-day Spain). He married a noble woman and became the Governor of Milan in 1572 at an unusually low social status, and his tenure lasted one year, before he was appointed as the Governor of the Spanish Netherlands to replace the Duke of Alba.

He immediately jumped to a good start by defeating the Dutch Rebels at the Battle of Mookerheyde in 1574, which cost William the Silent two of his brothers. However, Requesens found it hard to fight a conflict where the Spanish treasury was constantly being drained and where casualties mounted. Despite his victory at Mookerheyde, he died in 1576 in Brussels without having won another battle, and was succeeded as Governor by Don Juan of Austria.